Transparency Traps.
The article discusses transparency in funding U.S. election campaigns, noting the conventional opinion that greater openness leads to better governance. Lawrence Lessig, professor at Harvard Law School, is quoted from his article "Against Transparency" in the journal "The New Republic" October 21, 2...
| Publicado en: | Wilson Quarterly Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 65 - 66 |
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Winter2010
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| Sumario: | The article discusses transparency in funding U.S. election campaigns, noting the conventional opinion that greater openness leads to better governance. Lawrence Lessig, professor at Harvard Law School, is quoted from his article "Against Transparency" in the journal "The New Republic" October 21, 2009 issue. Lessig states that understanding which contributions influence particular votes is difficult and that benign as well as malign contributions exist. He favors public funding of elections. |
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